RALPH ALESSI and ESCALATION | ISAIAH COLLIER Quartet

JAZZ AT THE DONIZETTI

Set I:
RALPH ALESSI and ESCALATION

Ralph Alessi – trumpet
Florian Weber – piano
John Hébert – double bass
Jim Black – drums

Set II
ISAIAH COLLIER Quartet

Isaiah Collier – tenor saxophone
line-up to be announced

Set 1RALPH ALESSI and ESCALATION RALPH ALESSI trumpetFLORIAN WEBER pianoJOHN HÉBERT double bassJIM BLACK drums One of the most prominent trumpeters on the contemporary scene makes his debut as a bandleader at Bergamo Jazz. A musician who knows how to combine expressive rigour with a communicative style imbued with great lyricism. Nat Chinen wrote in the *New York Times*: ‘The sound of his trumpet conveys a rounded luminosity, like that of a full moon, and his technique is astonishing in its fluidity’.Born in San Francisco in 1963, Ralph Alessi first made his mark as a classical trumpeter before embracing jazz….